Mazda Road to Indy

Skip Barber Racing School is thrilled to reveal the winners of the 19th Annual Karts to Cars Scholarship Shootout. The top karters from around the world competed this week in NOLA Motorsports Park in tough conditions to pursue more than $65,000 in Scholarship Prizes. An international karter, Bayley Mickler, came out on top and garnered the acclaimed prize of a full season in the Skip Barber Race ...

With racing in his blood, Felix Juan Serralles IV knew at a very young age that he wanted to be a race car driver. He took a circuitous route that included four years of competition in Europe before returning to North America at the beginning of 2015 to contest Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires. Serralles earned his first series victory on that most American of racetracks, the oval â a brand ...

ABOVE: (left to right) Boisclair, Shanahan, Estep, Van Kalmthout and Kish. Mazda Road to Indy and MAXSpeed Group have announced the winners of the Driver Advancement Program for 2015. Now in its second year, the program aims to promote a true ladder system from the grassroots of karting to the upper echelon of motorsports in North America. The four drivers will be given the opportunity to complet...

Juncos Racing has confirmed American Kyle Kaiser will return to the championship-winning team for his second season in the Indy Lights Championship Presented by Cooper Tires. The 2016 season will mark Kaiser's third consecutive year with Juncos Racing. After a successful debut in the Indy Lights series with Juncos Racing, Kyle Kaiser (Santa Clara, California) looks to be a top contender in the 20...

Series organizer Andersen Promotions today announced that Tatuus has been chosen to design and manufacture the next generation of chassis for the first two levels of the Mazda Road to Indy â the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda and the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires. The new Tatuus USF-17 and Tatuus PM-18 chassis will make their competition debut in 2017 and 20...

Andersen Promotions today unveiled the 2016 calendar for the series that comprise the highly acclaimed Mazda Road to Indy â Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires, the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires and the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda. All events will be in support of the Verizon IndyCar Series with the exception of the season finale which will once again t...

Team Pelfrey, which took Santiago Urrutia to the Pro Mazda championship title this season, announced Monday that it has acquired all of the assets of 8Star Motorsports, including its Indy Lights team and will expand the program to two cars for 2016. With the acquisition, Team Pelfrey becomes the only team to currently operate in all stages of the Mazda Road to Indy ladder, as well as the F1600 Fo...

Sixteen-year-old Patricio "Pato" O'Ward arrived on the Mazda Road to Indy scene this season with a poise and realistic outlook not often seen from a driver his age. But then again, O'Ward, who finished sixth in this year's Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires, has managed his share of hurdles along the way. O'Ward moved from karts to cars in 2013, racing in a variety of series on diff...

KVSH Racing co-owner Jimmy Vasser says his Indy 500-winning program is among the latest Verizon IndyCar Series teams to take a look at an expansion into Indy Lights. "There could be some interest there," Vasser told RACER. "We're reaching out and talking to some people, so it's really just at the talking stage right now, but that's where you need to start before you can make anything happen." Aft...

Spencer Pigot will drive a second Rahal Letterman Lanigan entry for at least three rounds of next year's IndyCar season, including the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500. The 22-year-old's opportunity comes as his reward for winning this year's Indy Lights title, and he believes that RLL will be the perfect fit for his move into the big time. "I'm very excited and honored to be starting my car...

Triple race winner Ed Jones will return to Carlin Racing for his sophomore outing in Indy Lights. The Dubai-based Briton was a revelation during his American debut last season as he and Carlin made an immediate impact with the new Dallara IL15-Mazda chassis and engine package. Jones opened his account with three consecutive wins and closed the 16-race championship with three poles, three fastest ...

Andersen Promotions and Mazda Road to Indy along with the MAXSpeed Group announced today the 12 finalists chosen for the 2015 Driver Advancement Program. Following its launch last year, the 2015 edition of the program was opened to participants from all countries that competed in a MAXSpeed Entertainment promoted event in 2015. "We had a strong group of candidates submit applications for the 2015...

One in a series providing an inside look at drivers involved in the Mazda Road to Indy Max Chilton had worked his way to the pinnacle of international open-wheel racing â Formula 1 â by 2013. But when his F1 career took an unexpected turn, his next move was across the Atlantic Ocean toward the top level of American open-wheel racing via a prominent racing ladder: the Mazda Road to Indy and Indy L...

Andretti Autosport is preparing to double the size of its Indy Lights fleet after running a full-season entry for Shelby Blackstock and part-time second entry in 2015. With Blackstock confirmed for a return in the Dallara IL15-Mazda he raced to 10th in the standings, and the recently-announced move by Andretti Pro Mazda standout Dalton Kellett to join Blackstock, Andretti Autosport COO JF Thorman...

Defending IndyCar Series champions Chip Ganassi Racing could expand into Indy Lights in 2016. "We've had a driver who raced in Indy Lights this year come to us and ask if it would be possible to run them next year," CGR managing director Mike Hull told RACER. "That happened over summer, and we've been working on that prospect since then." Under the direction of Andersen Promotions, the Indy Light...